In an increasingly interconnected world, offshore coding has piqued the interest of many health information management (HIM) directors hoping to cut costs, alleviate staffing shortages, and tap into a new pool of talented individuals. Coding companies have worked earnestly to train overse....

The ultimate goal of most CDI programs is to improve the quality of patient care through more accurate and complete clinical documentation. A potential increase in revenue is, of course, a positive byproduct of doing so—which makes sense. If organizations can demonstrate severity of illne....